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DYK for Cotton Plantation Record and Account Book

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations! Now we need to improve Thomas Affleck. Will you be able to see my e-mail address if I enable it, or just send me a file/message via this website?Zigzig20s (talk) 08:25, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

There is a proposal for a merge of certain information in the article Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) to the Steven Emerson article, and then deletion of the IPT article because there is no such entity. The article was created and includes information based on the pretext that the Investigative Project on Terrorism actually existed as a non-profit entity. It did not, and still does not. What did exist is Steven Emerson's think-tank, The Investigative Project, and Steven Emerson as a CNN reporter and later as an independent terrorism expert. He founded the Investigative Project on Terrorism FOUNDATION years later - April 2006 - which is the only official non-profit foundation organized legally. Unfortunately, editors are trying to combine all of Emerson's past work as a CNN reporter, and individual terrorism expert (dating back to the Oklahoma City bombing and before) into one big hodge podge of inaccuracies in the current article, IPT. Please read the discussion at Talk:Steven_Emerson#Merge and delete the IPT article. Thank you in advance. Atsme☯Consult 18:33, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Benjamin Moore Norman

Hello. You may be interested in looking at Benjamin Moore Norman, which is a rough translation from the Spanish article that I requested. The prose needs to be improved and more referenced info added, but I think this is a good place to start, and I thought you might be interested, as Affleck wrote in an almanac published by this person. See the talkpage as well. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 09:46, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

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Jordan Belfort

I've mentioned your work on Jordan Belfort on the talk page for that article. --67.40.215.84 (talk) 05:04, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

How much longer??

I'm thinking you should be sporting a nice tan by now, and chomping at the bit to get back to editing.  ;-) Atsme☯Consult 21:04, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
That's excellent work you did on the Montgomery Academy. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 14:03, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

S. Truett Cathy

Please see Talk:S._Truett_Cathy#RfC:_.22anti-gay.22.2C_again. Drmies (talk) 17:11, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Ah, God, Drmies, I can't deal with it right now. Too much, too much. Good luck to you, though, as I'm sure your cause is just, as it always has been in my experience.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:16, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
You alright, Alf? Drop me a line if I can help. Drmies (talk) 17:34, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Oh, sorry to be ambiguous! No, I'm fine. It's Wikipedia that's too much for me right now, and this is just the kind of thing that's much too much. I'm sure later I'll feel more up for the fray and back I'll be, but for now real life is too attractive... at least what passes for real life in these parts. Thanks for the barnstar, by the way. Coming from you it means a lot.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:36, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
You know, there's a pretty good (non-franchise) pizza place two blocks from the Academy. We can have lunch there if you like. I think they have half-priced beer on Sunday. Drmies (talk) 17:46, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Ah, yeah... if I'm going to travel 2000 miles to Alabama, we're getting barbecue, not pizza. Which may happen some day. I do spend a little time out there now and again. I'll drop you a line!— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:53, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
I look forward to that, Alf: Dreamland it is. Hey, next time you make pizza, put BBQ pork or chicken on it, with some sliced red onion and jalapeno, and BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce--make you wanna slap your baby brother. Dennis Brown will approve. Drmies (talk) 18:00, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
If done right, BBQ pizza ranks up there with hot wing pizza. Dennis - 2¢ 18:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Thomas Affleck

Hello. It's been archived from your talkpage, but I think you mentioned an article which would bring more info about Thomas Affleck of the Glenblythe Plantation. I'd still be happy to read it. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:19, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Suicides in killings by law enforcement officers pages?

Would like your input on this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States,_November_2014

Thanks! Eponymous-Archon (talk) 16:39, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Precious

surprising facts on hot topics
Thank you for quality articles, such as Camp Aliceville, offering surprising facts on hot topics, for a clean and informative userpage with a clean-up plan, for improving 1001 articles with expressive edit summaries, for helpful reviewing, and making friends with bible quotation (Matthew 6:26–30) and poetry, - this mortal can't keep the secret that you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 807th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Southern plantations/planters

Hello. Are you still interested in Southern plantations/planters? You may be interested in William J. Minor. I am trying to find out if the Waterloo Plantation and the Hollywood Plantation are still standing. I will also create User:Zigzig20s/FrancisSurget soon, as there is a Minor connection (one of his daughter married into the Minor family).Zigzig20s (talk) 06:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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You're doing too many of these at too high a rate. You haven't taken the time to actually check whether what you say makes sense or not. I don't know what you think you're accomplishing.— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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  • Alf! I got in! Guess what--by ONE SINGLE VOTE, YOUR VOTE! So please come back and play some more here. Now that I'm in charge all is well: racism is over, there is no more harassment, and we're deleting a thousand K-pop articles per day by executive fiat. It's a brave new world! Also, it's getting kind of boring without you bringing up interesting topics. Happy new year, and I hope to see you around. Drmies (talk) 04:44, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Two years ago ...
surprising facts on hot topics
... you were recipient
no. 807 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Came across another fine edit of yours from way back. Let's get together and have a beer one of these years. Drmies (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Just to let you know

You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:07, 8 September 2016 (UTC)please ping me

FYI

Somebody re-opened an old discussion in which you took part, and you are therefore cordially invited to partake in the discussion at Category_talk:People_of_Jewish_descent#Middle_East_category_Rfc. Debresser (talk) 13:25, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Precious three years

Precious
Three years!

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A kitten for you!

Mreow. Kittens aplenty here. Hope you're well.

Drmies (talk) 02:53, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!

Someone is having a hell of a vacation from Wikiland. May the sun shine on your path.

Drmies (talk) 18:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Ah, man, Drmies, you know how it is... vacationing's a slippery slope. If I didn't need the money I'd probably never go back to my day job either... but I haven't quit, dammit, I'm just taking a break! I hope all's well with you out there in the sunny Southern climes.. — alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 18:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
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I thought of you because I just ran into a little riot you started here (bottom section)--thank you for that. Drmies (talk) 18:31, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
I AM NOT HERE! The damn computer emails me when someone posts something here...you know how it is! I forgot about that Tulsa stuff...good times, but I'm still on BREAK, DAMMIT!— alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 18:33, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Alright, suit yourself--leave us to contend with the mess. Just walk off, like Virgil and Dante at the end of Canto 22. Hey, take care. Please give me a buzz if you're ever near the cradle of the Civil War/Civil Rights; I owe you a drink or a snack and a handshake. Drmies (talk) 18:40, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Precious four years!

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Four years!

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Five years!

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A kitten for you!

Meow! Hope you are doing well.

Drmies (talk) 18:22, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Me, too. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 19:25, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

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